The City of Downey has a two-term term limit law that governs how long members of the City Council can serve. This is a "lifetime limit." If Measure G had been approved, city council members would have been allowed to stay in office for three consecutive terms, and they also would have been allowed to run again for the city council after taking a term off.

Measure G was referred to the ballot by the City of Downey's city council.

Election results

Ballot question

The question on the ballot:

Measure G: "Shall a Charter Amendment, proposed by the Downey City Council, which amends Charter Section 500.1 Limitation of Terms from a two (2) term limit to a three (3) consecutive term limit and provides for additional terms after a two (2) year waiting period, be adopted?"[1]